26 sportspersons, including Mohammed Shami, will receive Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has announced the National Sports Awards 2023. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023 will be given to Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty and Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj for their immense contribution to Badminton. While 26 sportspersons, including Indian pacer Mohammed Shami, will receive Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023.
The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024. The central government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities:
Arjuna Awards 2023
- Ojas Pravin Deotale - Archery
- Aditi Gopichand Swami - Archery
- Sreeshankar M - Athletics
- Parul Chaudhary - Athletics
- Mohameed Hussamuddin - Boxing
- R Vaishali - Chess
- Mohammed Shami - Cricket
- Anush Agarwalla - Equestrian
- Divyakriti Singh - Equestrian Dressage
- Diksha Dagar - Golf
- Krishan Bahadur Pathak - Hockey
- Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu - Hockey
- Pawan Kumar - Kabaddi
- Ritu Negi - Kabaddi
- Nasreen - Kho-Kho
- Pinki - Lawn Bowls
- Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar - Shooting
- Esha Singh - Shooting
- Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu - Squash
- Ayhika Mukherjee - Table Tennis
- Sunil Kumar - Wrestling
- Antim - Wrestling
- Naorem Roshibina Devi - Wushu
- Sheetal Devi - Para Archery
- Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy - Blind Cricket
- Prachi Yadav - Para Canoeing
Dronacharya Award 2023
Regular Category:
- Lalit Kumar - Wrestling
- RB Ramesh - Chess
- Mahaveer Prasad Saini - Para Athletics
- Shivendra Singh - Hockey
- Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar - Mallakhamb
Lifetime Category:
- Jaskirat Singh Grewal - Golf
- Bhaskaran E - Kabaddi
- Jayanta Kumar Pushilal - Table Tennis
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games 2023:
- Manjusha Kanwar - Badminton
- Vineet Kumar Sharma - Hockey
- Kavitha Selvaraj - Kabaddi
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023:
- Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar - Overall winner university
- Lovely Professional University, Punjab - 1st runner up University
- Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra - 2nd runner up University
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